PokerStars.com to host Caribbean poker tourney

November 29

The year 2006 will begin with a bang. Online poker players will be excited to heat that he first major poker tournament of the year, will be held at one of the planet's most beautiful casinosan it will be attended by the biggest names in poker. Online casino, PokerStars.com, will host the 3rd yearly PokerStars Caribbean Adventure (PCA) at the Atlantis Casino-Resort. The big event will take place from January 5th through the 11th.

The PCA will bring many of the biggest names in poker. The last three world poker champions, Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer, and Joe Hachem will be playing. Additionally, Tom McEvoy, the 1983 World Series of Poker champion will be there. John Gale, from England, who won last year's PCA event, is also expected to defend his poker title.

The 6 day poker event will provide several daily tournaments, cash games, satellites, single table tournaments, and the crown jewel of the tournament -- the PCA championship. For the third consecutive year, the PCA will be taped and broadcast as part of the enormously-popular World Poker Tour, shown on the Travel Channel and other television networks around the world.

The buy-in to the championship event is $8,000 ($7,800 plus a $200 entry fee). The prize pool is projected to be $5 million, making this one of the world's most lucrative poker tournaments. Approximately 600 players -- amateurs and professionals alike -- are expected to participate in the main event alone, with hundreds more in attendance for the side action and vacation fun.

PokerStars.com is giving away over $750,000 in free entries to players at the site. All packages include the entire $8,000 entry fee, one week for two at the renowned Atlantis Resort and Casino, including meals, plus $1,000 in spending money. Super-satellites and shootouts to the PCA are now being held daily at PokerStars.com. Other qualifying satellites cost as little as $2 . This means  $2 can turn into a seat on a WPT event, and at least a million dollars in prize money. Many others will qualify to play in free-roll events.

The Atlantis Casino Resort is located on Paradise Island in the Bahamas. The casino's poker room has 40 tables and will offer all of the most popular forms of poker, including no-limit Texas Hold'em,. The Resort has beautiful surroundings as well.